FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

Chevening Scholarships

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Chevening scholarships were awarded in each of the last 10 years, broken down by country from which students obtaining such scholarships have come.

Geoff Hoon: The number of Chevening scholarships awarded in each of the last 10 years, broken down by country, is provided in the following table:
	
		
			  Chevening scholarships awarded between 1995-96 and 2004-05 
			  Country  1995-96  1996-97  1997-98  1998-99  1999-2000 
			 Afghanistan — — — — — 
			 Albania 3 5 4 3 14 
			 Algeria 10 17 12 8 13 
			 Andorra — — — — — 
			 Angola 2 2 3 1 3 
			 Anguilla — — — 1 — 
			 Antigua and Barbuda 1 1 1 — 1 
			 Argentina 34 29 23 25 24 
			 Armenia 2 3 4 4 10 
			 Australia 16 14 21 22 26 
			 Austria 1 1 2 1 1 
			 Azerbaijan 4 4 5 4 9 
			 Bahamas 3 4 5 3 3 
			 Bahrain 11 11 11 13 12 
			 Bangladesh 9 5 6 5 10 
			 Barbados 3 4 6 3 3 
			 Belarus 6 3 5 7 16 
			 Belgium 7 6 8 7 6 
			 Belize 4 3 3 5 5 
			 Bhutan — — — — — 
			 Bolivia 7 6 3 4 6 
			 Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 4 7 7 6 
			 Botswana 3 — 2 4 2 
			 Brazil 75 71 65 84 56 
			 British Virgin Islands — — — — 1 
			 Brunei — — — 1 3 
			 Bulgaria 9 9 9 4 19 
			 Burma 7 4 3 2 — 
			 Cambodia 3 1 2 4 3 
			 Cameroon 2 3 3 3 3 
			 Canada 13 12 10 12 11 
			 Cayman Islands 2 3 2 2 11 
			 Chile 7 11 9 10 11 
			 China (including Hong Kong) 79 116 131 138 186 
			 Colombia 21 11 14 15 17 
			 Congo — — — — 1 
			 Costa Rica 6 8 8 5 3 
			 Croatia 5 6 6 6 11 
			 Cuba 5 4 4 6 5 
			 Cyprus 14 32 21 12 25 
			 Czech Republic 9 8 9 11 18 
			 Denmark 16 16 12 12 14 
			 Dominica — — — — 1 
			 Dominican Republic 10 6 5 8 8 
			 East Timor — — — — — 
			 Ecuador 4 4 4 3 3 
			 Egypt 59 53 58 58 41 
			 El Salvador 2 2 3 — 3 
			 Eritrea — — — — — 
			 Estonia 5 7 6 4 10 
			 Ethiopia 8 5 7 7 8 
			 Fiji 3 5 5 3 3 
			 Finland 7 6 4 5 6 
			 France 35 20 20 14 12 
			 Gambia 1 — 1 1 1 
			 Georgia 3 4 6 3 9 
			 Germany 24 27 14 18 14 
			 Ghana 9 8 10 10 8 
			 Greece 6 4 6 7 5 
			 Grenada — 1 — — — 
			 Guatemala — — 3 2 — 
			 Guyana 2 4 4 4 5 
			 Honduras — — 1 — — 
			 Hungary 12 17 14 9 23 
			 Iceland 9 12 9 11 6 
			 India 60 85 122 93 125 
			 Indonesia 72 63 64 58 69 
			 Iran — — — — 4 
			 Iraq — — — — — 
			 Irish Republic 17 16 11 14 10 
			 Israel 31 37 32 29 24 
			 Italy 19 13 14 10 10 
			 Ivory Coast 2 3 3 3 4 
			 Jamaica 7 3 4 7 4 
			 Japan 7 6 6 7 6 
			 Jordan 36 32 28 25 18 
			 Kazakhstan 12 8 8 6 15 
			 Kenya 10 10 11 11 12 
			 Kiribati — — — — — 
			 Korea (South) 67 79 66 55 58 
			 Kosovo — — — — — 
			 Kuwait 12 8 5 4 4 
			 Kyrgyzstan — — — — 3 
			 Latvia 7 4 6 4 10 
			 Lebanon 5 7 3 8 6 
			 Lesotho 4 3 4 3 3 
			 Libya — — — — — 
			 Lithuania 5 5 8 4 17 
			 Luxembourg 5 9 10 7 5 
			 Madagascar 1 1 3 3 3 
			 Malawi 4 5 7 5 10 
			 Malaysia 73 72 82 45 40 
			 Mali — — — — — 
			 Maldives — 1 1 2 1 
			 Malta 12 14 9 9 10 
			 Marshall Islands — — — — — 
			 Mauritania 1 — 1 — — 
			 Mauritius 3 3 4 2 3 
			 Mexico 109 83 79 68 62 
			 Micronesia — — — — — 
			 Moldova — — — 1 3 
			 Mongolia 5 4 5 6 8 
			 Montserrat — — — 1 1 
			 Morocco 7 6 10 8 6 
			 Mozambique 6 5 4 5 5 
			 Namibia 7 4 1 2 2 
			 Nepal 5 7 5 5 5 
			 Netherlands 10 14 13 9 11 
			 New Zealand 7 11 7 10 7 
			 Nicaragua 2 1 1 2 1 
			 Nigeria 61 36 42 55 42 
			 Norway — 13 13 11 6 
			 Oman 5 7 7 9 9 
			 Pakistan 69 73 60 55 50 
			 Palau — — — — — 
			 Panama — — — — — 
			 Papua New Guinea 6 7 4 4 3 
			 Paraguay 3 2 2 3 1 
			 Peru 13 8 11 8 7 
			 Philippines 12 11 18 13 9 
			 Poland 14 13 13 15 34 
			 Portugal 16 19 12 13 14 
			 Qatar — — — — 2 
			 Romania 13 12 12 10 33 
			 Russia 25 19 23 20 29 
			 Rwanda — — 1 — 4 
			 Saudi Arabia 7 11 14 10 6 
			 Senegal 4 5 5 5 3 
			 Serbia and Montenegro — — — — — 
			 Seychelles 4 3 3 3 — 
			 Sierra Leone 1 2 2 — — 
			 Singapore 14 8 10 7 10 
			 Slovakia 15 17 15 12 11 
			 Slovenia — — — — 9 
			 Solomon Islands — — 1 3 — 
			 Somalia — — — — — 
			 South Africa 24 36 24 24 18 
			 South Pacific — — — — 2 
			 Spain 1 — — — — 
			 Sri Lanka 4 3 3 2 2 
			 St. Helena — — — — — 
			 St. Kitts and Nevis 1 1 — — 1 
			 St. Lucia 2 — — 1 2 
			 St. Vincent 1 1 2 1 2 
			 Sudan 5 8 15 14 12 
			 Swaziland 1 2 1 2 1 
			 Sweden 9 8 7 5 4 
			 Switzerland 5 6 7 4 7 
			 Syria 15 8 16 34 15 
			 Taiwan 11 15 17 19 16 
			 Tajikistan — — — — 1 
			 Tanzania 5 6 7 7 6 
			 Thailand 41 30 29 34 27 
			 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1 4 7 6 8 
			 Tonga 1 2 2 2 1 
			 Trinidad and Tobago 6 4 3 4 5 
			 Tunisia 6 9 6 8 8 
			 Turkey 100 129 118 185 124 
			 Turkmenistan — — — 2 3 
			 Turks and Caicos — — 1 1 — 
			 Tuvalu — 2 1 — — 
			 Uganda 6 6 6 7 10 
			 Ukraine 14 10 15 12 32 
			 United Arab Emirates 5 5 2 2 2 
			 United States — — — — — 
			 Uruguay 8 7 4 4 4 
			 Uzbekistan 6 8 10 7 11 
			 Vanuatu 1 1 — 1 3 
			 Venezuela 34 25 18 18 14 
			 Vietnam 10 12 15 13 23 
			 West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and Gaza Strip 21 19 22 18 11 
			 Yemen 5 8 12 24 8 
			 Yugoslavia 6 8 6 7 10 
			 Zaire — — — 1 2 
			 Zambia 6 8 6 7 9 
			 Zimbabwe 14 9 14 10 12 
			  Undefined 4 — — — 5 
			  Total 1,891 1,910 1,920 1,894 2,022 
		
	
	
		
			 Country  2000-01  2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 
			 Afghanistan — — 34 20 13 
			 Albania 10 16 11 13 13 
			 Algeria 8 3 5 — 1 
			 Andorra — — 1 — — 
			 Angola 2 4 1 3 3 
			 Anguilla — — — — — 
			 Antigua and Barbuda 2 — 1 — 2 
			 Argentina 31 28 25 23 17 
			 Armenia 8 6 17 6 8 
			 Australia 22 33 25 31 24 
			 Austria 1 3 1 — — 
			 Azerbaijan 5 6 8 9 7 
			 Bahamas 5 4 3 3 2 
			 Bahrain 14 15 25 21 16 
			 Bangladesh 6 9 15 15 10 
			 Barbados 2 5 5 3 3 
			 Belarus 12 12 10 11 11 
			 Belgium 3 3 3 — — 
			 Belize 4 6 5 3 3 
			 Bhutan — — — 1 1 
			 Bolivia 4 5 5 6 7 
			 Bosnia-Herzegovina 5 12 11 13 12 
			 Botswana 4 6 8 7 5 
			 Brazil 84 87 65 72 63 
			 British Virgin Islands 1 2 3 1 1 
			 Brunei 3 4 2 6 2 
			 Bulgaria 28 24 30 25 20 
			 Burma 7 4 1 16 2 
			 Cambodia 4 4 3 3 3 
			 Cameroon 3 7 5 10 9 
			 Canada 18 17 14 27 26 
			 Cayman Islands 2 1 1 3 1 
			 Chile 13 18 16 13 13 
			 China (including Hong Kong) 224 211 290 311 277 
			 Colombia 20 17 13 20 18 
			 Congo — — — — — 
			 Costa Rica 3 3 3 4 2 
			 Croatia 10 20 24 31 32 
			 Cuba 5 4 4 3 4 
			 Cyprus 11 20 21 15 17 
			 Czech Republic 23 19 12 14 18 
			 Denmark 15 9 8 — — 
			 Dominica 1 1 2 1 1 
			 Dominican Republic 8 8 7 8 5 
			 East Timor 6 4 3 2 3 
			 Ecuador 5 4 5 2 2 
			 Egypt 52 40 43 40 36 
			 El Salvador 2 2 2 — 1 
			 Eritrea 3 3 — 1 — 
			 Estonia 14 14 14 9 7 
			 Ethiopia 7 10 8 12 8 
			 Fiji 4 6 7 6 4 
			 Finland 6 6 4 — — 
			 France 8 7 6 — — 
			 Gambia 2 1 2 3 3 
			 Georgia 8 11 12 10 13 
			 Germany 11 8 1 — — 
			 Ghana 12 13 '21 16 19 
			 Greece 6 5 3 — — 
			 Grenada 2 2 2 1 — 
			 Guatemala 4 2 3 3 5 
			 Guyana 6 4 7 6 10 
			 Honduras — 1 1 1 — 
			 Hungary 25 25 20 35 15 
			 Iceland 9 9^ 8 7 8 
			 India 135 130 133 121 130 
			 Indonesia 77 80 72 74 59 
			 Iran 7 11 40 14 10 
			 Iraq — — — 8 48 
			 Irish Republic 12 10 4 — — 
			 Israel 17 12 14 15 12 
			 Italy 6 4 — — — 
			 Ivory Coast 4 4 5 3 2 
			 Jamaica 7 10 7 8 9 
			 Japan 16 16 19 14 5 
			 Jordan 16 16 15 27 19 
			 Kazakhstan 13 11 9 16 14 
			 Kenya 15 13 14 20 16 
			 Kiribati 1 — 1 1 — 
			 Korea (South) 66 82 75 71 67 
			 Kosovo — — 10 13 14 
			 Kuwait 4 3 4 1 2 
			 Kyrgyzstan 3 2 5 5 6 
			 Latvia 13 11 11 11 10 
			 Lebanon 5 6 9 9 9 
			 Lesotho 2 6 4 5 4 
			 Libya 5 8 8 5 5 
			 Lithuania 13 14 13 9 7 
			 Luxembourg 8 8 7 10 5 
			 Madagascar 3 3 2 4 4 
			 Malawi 7 8 10 13 12 
			 Malaysia 54 48 57 56 36 
			 Mali — — — 1 — 
			 Maldives 1 1 2 1 — 
			 Malta 10 11 12 10 17 
			 Marshall Islands — 1 — — — 
			 Mauritania — — — — — 
			 Mauritius 6 5 7 5 6 
			 Mexico 81 77 67 68 56 
			 Micronesia 1 — — — — 
			 Moldova 1 4 8 6 7 
			 Mongolia 15 7 12 7 6 
			 Montserrat 4 2 2 2 2 
			 Morocco 9 9 8 6 5 
			 Mozambique 6 6 4 5 6 
			 Namibia 4 6 6 3 4 
			 Nepal 10 8 6 10 3 
			 Netherlands 7 6 5 — — 
			 New Zealand 12 12 10 12 8 
			 Nicaragua 3 2 2 2 2 
			 Nigeria 45 37 46 39 35 
			 Norway 5 7 5 5 — 
			 Oman 10 12 16 11 14 
			 Pakistan 51 51 57 62 52 
			 Palau 2 — — — — 
			 Panama 2 1 2 1 1 
			 Papua New Guinea 5 3 6 3 6 
			 Paraguay 3 2 3 4 2 
			 Peru 9 8 9 7 6 
			 Philippines 13 15 15 13 13 
			 Poland 36 46 37 29 23 
			 Portugal 11 14 5 — — 
			 Qatar 2 2 3 3 — 
			 Romania 32 25 22 29 26 
			 Russia 70 83 66 80 53 
			 Rwanda 6 4 3 4 3 
			 Saudi Arabia 10 6 14 13 16 
			 Senegal 5 8 6 4 5 
			 Serbia and Montenegro 16 26 18 21 15 
			 Seychelles — — 2 6 2 
			 Sierra Leone 2 3 4 4 1 
			 Singapore 18 16 13 14 11 
			 Slovakia 18 13 11 12 9 
			 Slovenia 11 9 11 7 14 
			 Solomon Islands 3 2 2 2 1 
			 Somalia — — 1 — — 
			 South Africa 31 26 33 34 32 
			 South Pacific — — — — — 
			 Spain — — 1 — — 
			 Sri Lanka 4 3 6 8 4 
			 St. Helena 1 1 1 1 — 
			 St. Kitts and Nevis 2 — 1 — — 
			 St. Lucia 3 2 1 2 — 
			 St. Vincent 3 3 1 — 1 
			 Sudan 12 18 15 13 5 
			 Swaziland 3 6 4 7 4 
			 Sweden 2 2 2 — — 
			 Switzerland 6 5 4 5 — 
			 Syria 20 15 20 24 25 
			 Taiwan 24 30 30 19 12 
			 Tajikistan 1 2 3 7 6 
			 Tanzania 8 14 7 9 6 
			 Thailand 29 34 25 25 20 
			 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 12 16 11 14 12 
			 Tonga 2 1 1 2 2 
			 Trinidad and Tobago 5 6 5 10 6 
			 Tunisia 5 9 8 10 6 
			 Turkey 76 45 49 49 51 
			 Turkmenistan 4 7 6 6 6 
			 Turks and Caicos — — — — — 
			 Tuvalu — — — — — 
			 Uganda 10 12 15 22 15 
			 Ukraine 25 30 27 38 27 
			 United Arab Emirates 2 2 4 2 2 
			 United States 1 — — 2 1 
			 Uruguay 7 8 7 5 5 
			 Uzbekistan 11 10 16 12 16 
			 Vanuatu 3 2 3 2 1 
			 Venezuela 22 18 16 21 12 
			 Vietnam 19 15 24 20 22 
			 West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and Gaza Strip 16 9 10 10 15 
			 Yemen 4 7 5 6 7 
			 Yugoslavia — — — — — 
			 Zaire — — — — — 
			 Zambia 11 11 12 12 13 
			 Zimbabwe 14 16 23 35 49 
			  Undefined — — — — — 
			  Total 2,285 2,284 2,387 2,401 2,124

IT Contracts

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the value was of each IT contract awarded by her Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case.

Geoff Hoon: The main suppliers, categories and values of Information Communication Technology (ICT) contracts over £1 million are illustrated as follows:
	
		
			  Foreign and Commonwealth Office's ICT contracts over £1 million as at May 2006 
			  Category  Title of contract  Supplier  Period of contract  Total value of contract when let (£) 
			 Hardware, software and external support services Compass WorldReach (Canada) June 2001 to June 2006 1,500,000 
			 Hardware, software and external support services GenIE/GenIE Worldwide 3M/AIT April 1999 to March 2009 (Replaced by Biometrics contract—see below) 3,000,000 
			 Hardware, software and external support services Biometric Passports 3M UK plc April 2005 to April 2009 6,500,000 
			 Hardware, software and external support services Focus Fujitsu Consulting January 2002 to March 2003 10,500,000 
			 Hardware, software and external support services Focus (Knowledge Management) Fujitsu Consulting March 2003 to December 2005 1,087,000 
			 Hardware, software and external support services FCONet2 (FCO's Intranet) Fujitsu Services November 2004 to October 2005 2,077,000 
			 Hardware, software and external support services WIOL Project Management Fujitsu April 2003 to February 2005 1,090,000 
			 Hardware, software and external support services WIOL/WIPA Technical refresh. Work performed by Fujitsu Services to migrate the WI from Windows NT to Windows XP. Fujitsu March 2006 to March 2007 1,773,262 
			 Hardware, software and external support services Cash Registers (world-wide maintenance and support) Wincor Nixdorf Ltd September 2003 to September 2008 1,500,000 
			 External support services Consultancy Services AKC June 2003 to May 2005 5,000,000 
			 Hardware, software and external support services Firecrest Global Support Hewlett Packard May 2001 to April 2005 5,000,000 
			 Hardware, software and external support services Future Firecrest Hewlett Packard February 2005 to February 20l2 189,500,000 
			 Hardware, software and external support services ICT - provision of technical installers for overseas installations Serco Defence January 2003 to December 2005 1,238,000 
			 Telecommunications FCO global telecommunications network (PFI) Global Crossing May 2000 to April 2010 180,000,000 
			 External support services Implementation of ICT Strategy and Pre-procurement of Future Firecrest (Stage 2c & 3) KPMG from May 2002 3,329,000 
			 External support services Implementation of ICT Strategy and Pre-procurement FF (Stage 3) AKC from August 2004 1,700,000 
			 Electronic Archive E-Archive services (Minerva) British Telecom November 1996 to March 2007 1,500,000 
			 Hardware, software and external support services Internet Project LogicaCMG from March 2002 6,500,000 
			 Hardware, software and external support services FCO Website -support and maintenance LogicaCMG March 2005 to March 2008 1,401,000 
			 Hardware, software and external support services Prism integrated accounting, HP and procurement system CGEY January 2002 to January 2010 53,800,000

Private Office Costs

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost of his private office was in the last year for which figures are available.

Geoff Hoon: I apologise for the delay in replying.
	As far as our systems will allow us to identify, "running costs" relating to my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary's Private Office, for Financial Year 2005-06, total approximately £725,000.
	This is made up of charges for staff salaries, stationery, books, publications and newspapers, office machinery (including photocopiers, fax machines and their maintenance charges), refreshments, and telephone equipment and calls (including desk phones, mobiles, blackberries, broadband connection and actual call costs).
	Running costs for corporate overheads such as heating and lighting are calculated across the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and it is therefore not possible to identify which charges relate specifically to my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary's Private Office.

Shebaa Farms

Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the UK Government received from the Lebanese Government concerning the Shebaa farms during the visit of the Lebanese Prime Minister to the UK in May.

Ian McCartney: Prime Minister Siniora of Lebanon raised the Shebaa farms with my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister when they met in London on 9 May 2006.

Shebaa Farms

Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the UK Government have made to Israel in the last 12 months regarding its armed presence in the Shebaa farms.

Ian McCartney: The UK has not made formal representations to the Government of Israel in the last 12 months regarding the Shebaa farms, although we have discussed the issue in the course of bilateral talks. The UK believes the issue of the Shebaa farms is a bilateral issue for the Governments of Lebanon and Syria which should be resolved through a delineation of their common border as called for in United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1680. As set out in UNSCR 1701, the United Nations Secretary-General is requested to draw up proposals for implementation of the relevant provisions of the Taif Accords and UNSCRs 1559 and 1680, including on the disputed Shebaa farms area.

Shebaa Farms

Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which country the Government recognise the Shebaa farms as being a part of.

Ian McCartney: The UK believes the issue of the Shebaa farms is a bilateral issue for the Governments of Lebanon and Syria which should be resolved through a delineation of their common border as called for in United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1680. As set out in UNSCR 1701, the United Nations Secretary-General is requested to draw up proposals for implementation of the relevant provisions of the Taif Accords and UNSCRs 1559 and 1680, including on the disputed Shebaa farms area.

TRANSPORT

Cycling Accidents

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many  (a) fatal,  (b) serious and  (c) slight injuries suffered by cyclists on (i) urban roads and (ii) rural roads in each year since 2003 resulted from collisions involving (A) at least one motor vehicle, (B) no motor vehicles and (C) powered two-wheel vehicles.

Stephen Ladyman: pursuant to the reply, 24 July 2006, Official Report, c. 738W
	the information requested is given in the table. The figures relate to casualties in personal injury road accidents reported to the police.
	
		
			  Cyclist Casualties on Urban and Rural Roads, by Vehicle Involved in an Accident: 2003-05( 1) 
			  Accidents involving:  2003  2004  2005 
			  Motor vehicle( 2) 
			 Urban Fatal 58 67 65 
			  Serious 1,644 1,537 1,628 
			  Slight 12,041 11,877 11,787 
			 Rural Fatal 46 52 65 
			  Serious 479 477 432 
			  Slight 2,170 2,063 2,083 
			  
			  No motor vehicle 
			 Urban Fatal 2 6 8 
			  Serious 95 98 100 
			  Slight 311 309 236 
			 Rural Fatal 8 9 10 
			  Serious 73 61 52 
			  Slight 88 75 90 
			  
			  Two-wheeled motor vehicle 
			 Urban Fatal 2 2 2 
			  Serious 37 41 30 
			  Slight 234 225 217 
			 Rural Fatal 0 0 3 
			  Serious 8 14 13 
			  Slight 56 38 47 
			 (1) Excludes accidents which do not have an urban/rural marker.  (2 )Includes accidents which involve a two-wheeled motor vehicle.

DEFENCE

Armoured Vehicles

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made in the work undertaken to align the withdrawal from service of the current fleet of armoured vehicles with the introduction into service of  (a) the Future Rapid Effect System and  (b) the Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle.

Adam Ingram: The Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) and the PANTHER Command Liaison Vehicle will replace the FV430, CVR(T) and Saxon families of vehicles.
	The PANTHER, now in the demonstration and manufacture phase, has a detailed fielding plan. Under the Sustained Armoured Vehicle Capability Pathfinder programme, work is under way to ensure that the withdrawal of FV430, CVR(T) and Saxon is coherently aligned with the introduction of FRES and that there is continuity of the required capability.

Defence Attachés

Roger Berry: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the expenditure on defence attachés was in  (a) 2004 and  (b) 2005.

Adam Ingram: The overall cost to the Ministry of Defence of Defence Attachés in each financial year is as follows:
	
		
			  Financial year  Costs identified (£ million) 
			 2004-05 37.2 
			 2005-06 38.7 
		
	
	Under the terms of the MOD/FCO service level agreement, costs are shared with the FCO, which pays 30 per cent. of the total in respect of accommodation, fixed communications, security and some other support costs. The figures quoted in the table represent the balance (70 per cent.) attributable to the Defence Budget.
	Full costs of Defence Attaché posts are not held centrally and their calculation would involve disproportionate cost.

Iran

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether any British Armed Forces personnel, including special forces, are operating in Iran.

Des Browne: holding answer 3 July 2006
	No. British Armed Forces personnel are not operating in Iran. It is long standing Government policy not to comment on special forces.

Nuclear Deterrent

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Woodspring, 23 January 2006,  Official Report, column 1154, on what date he first asked his officials to explore the options for replacing the nuclear deterrent with a successor system; and when he expects to be presented with their findings.

Des Browne: holding answer 2 February 2006
	As was made clear in the December 2003 Defence White Paper (Paragraph 3.11), we have continued to take steps to keep options open on the possible replacement of Trident. As the then Defence Secretary indicated previously on 30 June 2004,  Official Report, column 358W, this included concept studies on options for platforms to carry the Trident missile in the longer term, which began in May 2002.
	Ministers have been briefed by officials on some of the relevant issues and have requested that further work be undertaken. As the Prime Minister said on 28 June 2006,  Official Report, column 254, during Prime Minister's Questions, decisions on this issue will be taken later this year.

TRADE AND INDUSTRY

Radioactive Material

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many train journeys carrying nuclear waste there were in  (a) Brent,  (b) London and  (c) England in the last 12 months; and how much waste was transported in each case.

Stephen Ladyman: I have been asked to reply.
	The Department for Transport does not hold this information. The transport of radioactive material by rail is a highly regulated activity that is carried out in accordance with stringent national and international regulations. The intention of the regulatory system is to ensure that these shipments are safe irrespective of the route chosen.

COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Environmental Health Notices

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many environmental health notices were issued in each London borough since 1997.

Caroline Flint: I have been asked to reply.
	I am advised by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) that the information requested is not available centrally in the form requested.
	Local authorities (LAs) are required to report to the Food Standards Agency the number of food premises subject to formal enforcement action, including those to which written warnings, improvement notices, prohibition orders and emergency prohibition orders were issued. But the monitoring data returns from London boroughs cover the enforcement of both food hygiene and food standards, and the total enforcement action data cannot be divided between the two.
	Information on general food law enforcement action by LAs in 2004-05 was set out in the paper presented to the Food Standards Agency Board in February 2006, paper FSA 06/02/04. I have arranged for a copy of the paper to be placed in the Library.

Social Care Funding

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the social care formula spending share per head was for each local authority for  (a) children and  (b) adults for 2006-07.

Phil Woolas: In announcing the provisional 2006-07 Local Government Finance Settlement on 5 December 2005,  Official Report, column 627, I explained to the House that we were abolishing Formula Spending Shares. These notional spending figures were misunderstood and misused for a variety of purposes for which they were neither intended nor suitable.
	Formula grant, which comprises Revenue Support Grant, redistributed business rates and principal formula Police Grant, is an unhypothecated block grant—i.e. councils are free to spend it on any service. Because of this, and because of the calculation of formula grant, in particular floor damping, it is not therefore possible to say how much grant an authority received for a particular purpose. I would therefore refer the hon. Member to the table showing formula grant per head placed in the Libraries of the House in response to a question from the hon. Member for Lewes (Norman Baker) on 14 July 2006,  Official Report, column 2103W.

HOME DEPARTMENT

Abdoulie Njie

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the immigration status is of Abdoulie Njie, recently convicted of rape in Stoke-on-Trent Crown court.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 3 July 2006
	It is not our policy to comment on individual cases to Members who do not hold a constituency responsibility for the named individual.

Adelphi System

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department has spent on the Adelphi finance and human resource system.

Liam Byrne: The total expenditure on the Adelphi programme, relating to HR, finance and procurement, from January 2003 to June 2006, is £51,907,961.

Advertising Campaigns

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advertising campaigns his Department has run since July 2004; and what the  (a) date and  (b) cost was of each.

Tony McNulty: The advertising campaigns the Home Office has run since 2004-05 are listed in the table. Due to the way media are invoiced and as our campaigns are long term and not month specific, we cannot break down costs by month.
	The breakdown by each financial year, however, is as follows:
	
		
			   £ 
			  2004-05  
			 Frank Drugs Campaign 1,135,091 
			 Gun Crime 200,000 
			 Antisocial Behaviour 600,006 
			 Acquisitive Crime Reduction 7,578,732 
			 Police Recruitment—Special Constables 1,968,171 
			 Domestic Violence 450,635 
			 Child Safety on the Internet 299,094 
			 Clean Up Week—Community Sentences 33,295 
			   
			  2005-06  
			 Frank Drugs Campaign 1,588,007 
			 Antisocial Behaviour 638,313 
			 Acquisitive Crime Reduction 3,967,890 
			 Single Non Emergency Number 151,781 
			 Alcohol Misuse 93,865 
			 Police Recruitment—Special Constables 1,427,014 
			 Police Recruitment—High Potential Scheme 226,865 
			 Domestic Violence 542,456 
			 Child Safety on the Internet 879,002 
			 Safer Car Parks—Park Mark Scheme 95,656 
			 Crime Stoppers 84,039 
			 Clean Up Week—Community Sentences 49,278 
			 Rape 67,108 
			   
			  2006-07—invoiced to date  
			 Frank Drugs Campaign 190,456 
			 Knife Amnesty 138,622 
			 Acquisitive Crime Reduction 158,650 
			 Single Non Emergency Number 56,280 
			 Alcohol Misuse 233,832 
			 Domestic Violence 314,694 
			 Rape 287,664

Advertising Campaigns

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advertising campaigns the Department ran between 2000 and June 2004; and what the  (a) date and  (b) cost was of each.

Tony McNulty: The advertising campaigns the Home Office ran between 2000-01 and 2004-05 are listed as follows. Due to the way media are invoiced and as our campaigns are long term and not month specific, we cannot break down costs by month.
	The breakdown by each financial year, however, is as follows:
	
		
			   £ 
			  2000-01  
			 Vehicle Crime Reduction 8,377,736 
			 Police Recruitment 7,580,663 
			 Police Recruitment—Fast Track 137,371 
			 Human Rights 765,956 
			 Rolling Registration 3,236,126 
			 UK Immigration Service 7,783 
			 Postal Voting 1,322,750 
			 Fire Safety 2,005,093 
			   
			  2001-02  
			 Vehicle Crime Reduction 5,847,867 
			 Police Recruitment 6,473,845 
			 Police Recruitment—Special Constables 499,938 
			 Police Recruitment—Fast Track 126,310 
			 Police Reform 45,000 
			 UK Immigration Service 8,568 
			 Postal Voting 864,093 
			 Fire Safety 1,698,875 
			 Drugs Campaign 1,404,398 
			 Child Protection on the Internet 1,281,529 
			   
			  2002-03  
			 Vehicle Crime Reduction 4,911,621 
			 Police Recruitment 4,736,223 
			 Drugs Campaign 669,185 
			 Child Protection on the Internet 763,290 
			 Firearms Amnesty 600,000 
			   
			  2003-04  
			 Vehicle Crime Reduction 4,617,658 
			 Police Recruitment 4,987,946 
			 Drugs Campaign 2,348,500 
			 Child Protection on the Internet 825,557 
			 Domestic Violence 936,587 
			 Youth Offenders 39,214 
			   
			  2004-05  
			 Frank Drugs Campaign 1,135,091 
			 Gun Crime 200,000 
			 Anti Social Behaviour 600,006 
			 Acquisitive Crime Reduction 7,578,732 
			 Police Recruitment—Special Constables 1,968,171 
			 Domestic Violence 450,635 
			 Child Protection on the Internet 299,094 
			 Clean Up Week—Community Sentences 33,295

Airport Security

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which airports have  (a) 24 hour security and  (b) security provision during operating hours.

Gillian Merron: I have been asked to reply.
	The Department for Transport is responsible for regulating and monitoring aviation security in the UK under the provisions of the Aviation Security Act 1982, as amended by the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990.
	It would be inappropriate to comment on the specific security arrangements which have been put in place at UK airports.

Alan Kittle

Michael Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he proposes to take in respect of Alan Kittle, Senior Immigration Inspector in charge of the criminal casework team responsible for deciding whether foreign prisoners should be deported after release from prison.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 8 May 2006
	Issues of performance or conduct of individual members of staff are a matter for the permanent secretary and are addressed in accordance with the Department's internal procedures.

Antisocial Behaviour

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will visit Castle Point to discuss antisocial behaviour with local residents and the police.

Tony McNulty: The Home Secretary regularly undertakes visits in respect of his departmental responsibilities. However, due to existing diary commitments, he has no plans to visit Castle Point in the immediate future.

Asylum/Immigration

James McGovern: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish First Minister about the interaction between the UK Government's policy on asylum and immigration and the Scottish Executive's policy on attracting fresh talent to the country.

Liam Byrne: The Home Secretary has regular discussions with the Scottish First Minister about immigration and other issues.

Asylum/Immigration

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals seeking asylum in the UK since 1997 have been granted leave to remain as a result of their application taking too long to process.

Liam Byrne: Asylum applications are decided on an individual case by case basis. Information on any cases falling into the category mentioned in this question is not available and could be available only by examination of individual case records.

Asylum/Immigration

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria were used in drawing up the regional language list by the National Asylum Support Service for the dispersal of asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 24 July 2006
	The language list is no longer in operation, although language remains a factor in placing asylum seekers. It is just one of the criteria considered by relevant stakeholders when considering dispersal issues.

Asylum/Immigration

Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applicants for asylum have had their applications rejected in the last  (a) one,  (b) three and  (c) 12 months.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 14 July 2006
	Information on asylum applications is published in quarterly web pages and in the annual statistical bulletin Asylum Statistics United Kingdom. Copies of these publications and others relating to general immigration to the UK are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html

Asylum/Immigration

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 4 July 2006,  Official Report, column 1041W, on asylum/immigration, how competency in the English language is assessed.

John Reid: For potential employees of the immigration and nationality directorate (IND), competency in the English language may be assessed through formal academic qualifications and/or through ability testing including verbal reasoning. Potential employees must meet a minimum standard of competence to be offered a post. Progression to higher grades involves competency based assessment including psychometric testing and other exercises.

Asylum/Immigration

David Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many failed asylum seekers convicted of criminal offences in the UK have been detained pending deportation in each of the last five years.

Liam Byrne: The information requested is not currently collected centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Asylum/Immigration

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 15 March 2006,  Official Report, column 2305W, on illegal immigrants, what estimate was made of the cost of providing the information.

Liam Byrne: The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Asylum/Immigration

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are illegal immigrants.

Liam Byrne: The information requested on the immigration status of prisoners is not currently available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. In my Written Ministerial Statement of 19 July 2006,  Official Report, column 29WS, I set out the progress the Department is making to address the fact that there is no unique identifier to link individuals who come in contact with the asylum and immigration and criminal justice systems. We have commenced development of a comprehensive approach to identity management across all Home Office areas and will finalise a strategic action plan in this area by the end of September 2006.

Asylum/Immigration

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when Founia Ilyas, reference 3107 2668, will be notified of her immigration status.

Liam Byrne: Ms Ilyas was notified of a decision on her application on 18 January 2005 when at the same time her documents were returned to her home address.

Asylum/Immigration

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the status is of the following Russian nationals  (a) Chernysheva, Natalia Vladimirovna,  (b) Chernikova, Irina Vladimirovna,  (c) Karaseva, Alla Alexandrovna,  (d) Spirichev, Alexey Valerievich,  (e) Kartashov, Vladislav Nikolaevich,  (f) Maruev, Dmitriy Lavovich,  (g) Gorbachev, Alexander Lavovich,  (h) Golubovich, Alexey Dmitrievich,  (i) Gololobov, Dmitriy Vladimirovich,  (j) Burganov, Ranil Raisovich,  (k) Temerko, Alexander Viktorovich,  (l) Trushin, Mikhail Anatolevich and  (m) Beilin, Yuri Arkadevich.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 10 July 2006
	No. It is the general policy of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate not to disclose to a third party personal information about another person, including information concerning their immigration status, as well as personal details.

Asylum/Immigration

Henry Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inmates were detained on behalf of the Immigration Service awaiting deportation in each of the last five years, broken down by prison; what the  (a) average and  (b) maximum period of detention beyond completion of a sentence was in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the cost of this detention; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: The Department does not collate information in the format requested and it could be produced only at disproportionate cost.

Asylum/Immigration

David Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in  (a) Greater London and  (b) Bexley borough have been waiting more than six months for a decision on their immigration status; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: Information is not readily available and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.

Asylum/Immigration

Alistair Burt: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many detainees who escaped from the Yarl's Wood detention centre on 14 February 2002 had previously been in custody for committing an offence prior to being sent to Yarl's Wood.

Liam Byrne: Of the 23 individuals who escaped from Yarl's Wood on the night of 14 February 2002, there is no record of 19 having committed offences prior to being detained. Records indicate three had previous convictions and one other is a possible match.

Asylum/Immigration

Alistair Burt: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any of the seven detainees who escaped from Yarl's Wood following the fire on 14 February 2002, and whose whereabouts remain uncertain, are suspected to have committed a crime since their escape in February 2002.

Liam Byrne: To our knowledge none of the seven detainees, who escaped from Yarl's Wood on the night of 14 February 2002 and whose whereabouts are unknown, have committed a crime since their escape in February 2002.

Bird and Bird Solicitors

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what contracts were awarded by his Department to Bird and Bird Solicitors in each year since 1997; what the  (a) value and  (b) duration of each such contract was; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: I am advised that the  (a) value and  (b) duration of contracts awarded by the Home Department to Bird and Bird Solicitors in each year since 1997 are as follows:
	
		
			  Year awarded  Contract and duration  Expenditure to date (£) 
			 1997-98 IPS: Provision of legal advice and services to IPS and CRB 1997-2007 805,693 
			 1998-99 Prisons Quantum Project and associated IT projects 1998-2006 1,451,590 
			 2000-01 Managed Payroll Service Contract, August 1,293 
			 2002-03 Managed Payroll Service Contract 9,955 
			 2005-06 Prisons: Control accounts, Phoenix Shared Service Centre and Service Management Group 2005 91,000 
			 2005-06 Financial and banking matters 2005 64,449

Bogus Marriages

Adam Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many marriage visas were refused on the grounds that the marriage in question was not considered to be genuine in each of the last five years.

Liam Byrne: The figures on the number of spousal visas refused are contained in the following table. Also included is another table showing the number of refusals of extension of leave to remain in the United Kingdom on the basis of marriage.
	It is not possible to determine how many were refused on the grounds that the marriage was not considered to be genuine without examination of individual case records at disproportionate costs.
	
		
			  Refusals of extension of leave to remain( 1)  in the United Kingdom excluding EEA nationals( 2)  and Switzerland, 2001 to 2005( 3) — United Kingdom 
			  Number of decisions 
			  Category  All refusals  Of which: Spouse (probationary period applications)( 4) 
			 2001(5) 15,485 1,850 
			 2002(5) 18,575 735 
			 2003(5) 33,175 2,445 
			 2004(2) 24,730 1,895 
			 2005(3) 27,175 1,265 
			 (1) Excludes dependants of principal applicants, asylum related decisions and withdrawn applications.  (2) Includes nationals of the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia before 1 May 2004, but excludes them from this date.  (3) Provisional and subject to change.  (4) Data include unmarried partners.  (5) Excludes the outcome of appeals.   Note:  Figures rounded to the nearest 5.   Source:  Immigration Research and Statistics Service, RDS-IND, Home Office 
		
	
	
		
			  Visa applications and refusals for spouse endorsements, 2001 to 2005 
			  Endorsement  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005 
			  To accompany spouse  
			 Applications received 5,011 3,931 3,536 5,032 5,077 
			 Refusal decisions 64 60 63 162 325 
			 Refusal rate (percentage) 1 2 2 3 6 
			   
			  To join spouse  
			 Applications received 5,058 3,818 5,442 6,635 6,672 
			 Refusal decisions 182 189 385 854 1,260 
			 Refusal rate (percentage) 4 5 7 13 19 
			   
			  EEA Family Permit: to accompany spouse  
			 Applications received — — — 660 12,948 
			 Refusal decisions — — — 4 272 
			 Refusal rate (percentage) — — — 1 2 
			   
			  EEA Family Permit: to join spouse  
			 Applications received — — — 150 2,586 
			 Refusal decisions — — — 3 90 
			 Refusal rate (percentage) — — — 2 3 
			  Note:  "UKvisas makes every effort to ensure that statistics produced from our 'Central Reference System' are accurate. However, the complexity of our global business, including technical failures or occasional inconsistencies in data entry across any of over 150 offices, means we cannot 100% guarantee accuracy. UKvisas continues to work on IT and working practices to improve the quality of the statistics we provide."   Source:  UKVisas Central Reference System 24 July 2006

Child Trafficking

Julian Brazier: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many child trafficking victims were deported after being taken into custody by the authorities in the last period for which figures are available.

Liam Byrne: The information requested is not centrally recorded and therefore not available, however the Government would not normally consider a person for deportation in his or her own right if he or she is under 16 years of age.
	Where a child is thought to have been a victim of trafficking, referrals to the police and local authority children's services are made. In the case of a child who has been trafficked and who is neither a UK nor European Union citizen, the immigration and nationality directorate will determine what action it will take by taking into account what is in the best interests of the child.

Consultants

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the companies which were paid consultancy fees by his Department in 2005-06; how much each was paid; and what each of the companies was used to accomplish.

Liam Byrne: The definition of consultancy was revised by Office of Government Commerce (OGC) during 2005-06. Consultancy now falls under the wider category of professional services which covers the following areas: general management and business, legal, human resources, IT property and financial. Consultancy services cover one or more of advice, design and development, and implementation where the assignment is time limited or ad hoc, and is in addition to business as usual activity.
	We do not currently hold a central record of overall consultancy expenditure; however, the total fees paid in respect of management consultancy in 2005-06 were £19,500,297 in respect of the core Home Office and £8,959,716 for the agencies. To provide details of expenditure against a list of companies and what each of the companies was used to accomplish would incur disproportionate cost.

Correspondence

Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the immigration and nationality directorate will reply to the letter of 18 January from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, on behalf of Andrew Russell, of Park Lane, Birmingham (Home Office Reference R1050090, correspondence ref. B1755/5).

Liam Byrne: The immigration and nationality directorate wrote to my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Ladywood on 6 April 2005.

Correspondence

Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  when he will answer the letter of 8 May from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs. S. Khan;
	(2)  when he expects to reply to the letter to him dated 8 May from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs. S. Khan.

Liam Byrne: I wrote to my right hon. Friend on 27 July 2006.

Correspondence

John Barrett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Parliamentary Business Unit of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh West's fax of 5 May regarding Ali Baker Zerar.

Liam Byrne: Officials advise me that they have been unable to trace the fax sent from the hon. Member for Edinburgh West's office on 5 May. However, they are in contact with the hon. Member's office to take this matter forward.

Correspondence

Chris Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to provide a substantive reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Sunderland, South of 4 April regarding Mr. Joseph Dede Omanga (HO 01066013).

Liam Byrne: The then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Andy Burnham) wrote separately to my hon. Friend regarding Mr. Joseph Dede Omanga on 27 April 2006. It is expected that a substantive response to these representations will be provided by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate within the next few weeks.

Correspondence

Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the letters from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood of 10 April 2006 (acknowledgement reference B9696/6) and 24 May 2006 on behalf of Mulukjan Begum (Home Office reference M1273553).

Liam Byrne: The Immigration and Nationality Directorate wrote to the hon. Member for Ladywood on 6 July 2006.

Correspondence

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will answer the letter dated 6 June 2006, from the hon. Member for Peterborough, concerning the immigration status of Wakil Sahebzadeh; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 14 July 2006
	I wrote to the hon. Member on 14 July.

Correspondence

Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to reply to the letter to him dated 22 May from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Emmanuel Yawe Dzisi.

Liam Byrne: My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary wrote to the hon. Member on 2 August 2006.

Correspondence

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will provide a substantive reply to the letter of 5 July 2006, on behalf of his constituent Mrs. Martha Patricia Vargas, of St. George's Road, Cheltenham (Home Office reference V2037814) regarding the refusal of her application for indefinite leave to remain in the UK.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 24 July 2006
	The IND replied to the hon. Member for Cheltenham on 29 August 2006.

Crime (Non-UK Citizens)

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his latest estimate is of the proportion of crime in England which is committed by non-UK citizens; and if he will make a statement.

Tony McNulty: The information requested is not collected centrally.

Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnerships

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships in Denbighshire.

Liam Byrne: I understand that the Denbighshire Partnership has helped to achieve notable reductions in crime but some further reductions are required if they are to achieve the current levels of performance being achieved by partnerships with similar challenges elsewhere in England and Wales.

Data Protection Act

Nicholas Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Data Protection Act Section 10 notices he has received in each year since 1998.

John Reid: The Home Office does not, and is not required to keep central statistics on the number of Data Protection Act Section 10 Notices received. The receipt of such a notice is a very infrequent occurrence. The department is aware of having received two such notices since 1998. One was received in 2002 and one other last year.

Data Protection Act

Nicholas Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what protocol his Department follows when it receives a formal Data Protection Act Section 10 Notice to Correct Erroneous Data; and if he will make a statement.

John Reid: Section 10 of the Data Protection Act gives data subjects the right to prevent the processing of personal data which are causing, or are likely to cause, substantial damage or distress to them or another person where that processing is or would be unwarranted. Section 14 of the Data Protection Act provides data subjects with rights in relation to the correction of inaccurate personal data. The Home Office does not currently have, and is not required to have, a formal written protocol for either circumstance. The Home Office is committed to meeting its legal obligations in relation to both, however. With regards to the correction of inaccurate personal data, when an error is highlighted all necessary steps are taken to correct that error and, where necessary, remedy any underlying faults that caused the mistake.

Departmental Data

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 January 2006,  Official Report, column 1423W, to the right hon. Member for Edinburgh, East (Dr. Strang) on departmental data, with which other  (a) Departments and  (b) public sector organisations his Department shares data.

Liam Byrne: In addition to sharing data within the constituent parts of the Department, the Home Office shares information, in accordance with relevant legislative provisions, with the following Government Departments and public sector organisations:
	Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
	NI Director of Public Prosecutions
	Magistrates Courts in England and Wales
	Scottish Executive
	Department of Trade and Industry
	Crown Prosecution Service
	Department of Work and Pensions
	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority
	The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland
	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	UK Visas
	National Health Service
	Department for Education and Skills
	The Royal Navy Regulating Branch
	All UK Police forces
	The Royal Marines Police
	The Royal Military Police
	The Royal Air Force Police
	The Ministry of Defence Police
	The British Transport Police
	The Civil Nuclear Constabulary
	The States of Jersey Police Force
	The Salaried Police Force of the Island of Guernsey
	The Isle of Man Constabulary

Departmental Expenditure

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on external consultants and advisers by  (a) his Department,  (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and (ii) executive agency for which his Department is responsible and  (c) each independent statutory body, organisation and body financially sponsored by his Department in each year since May 1997.

Liam Byrne: The information held by the Home Office on its spend on consultants is given in the following table:
	
		
			   Spend on consultants(£) 
			 1997-98 7,627,016 
			 1998-99 4,588,445 
			 1999-2000 10,302,672 
			 2000-01 27,877,286 
			 2001-02 21,147,058 
			 2002-03 Not held 
			 2003-04 106,800,000 
			 2004-05 46,900,000 
		
	
	We do not hold information on the Department's total expenditure on consultants for 2002-03 and to obtain this information would incur disproportionate cost.
	Total expenditure figures on consultants by non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), executive agencies, independent statutory body organisations and bodies financially sponsored by the Department for the period in question is not held centrally. To obtain this information would incur disproportionate cost.
	The definition of consultancy covers investigating problems, providing analysis or advice, or assisting with the development of new systems, new structures or new capabilities within the organisation.

Departmental Publications

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his practice is regarding meeting, discussing and taking into account the views and opinions of  (a) private individuals and  (b) representatives of organisations when drawing up and framing legislation to be introduced by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: The Home Secretary and his Ministerial team hold a wide range of meetings involving an extensive number of organisations and individuals throughout the year. These meetings allow them to consider various perspectives and the differing interests of stakeholders when formulating Home Office Policy and where necessary, the legislation needed to implement it.
	The Home Office more widely, when developing policy or drawing up legislation, regularly undertakes informal consultation with those directly affected or involved. We routinely undertake formal written public consultations which are listed on our website and reported in our annual report. In conducting such consultations, the Home Office follows the guidance laid down in the Code of Practice on Consultation issued by Cabinet Office. The published results of the consultation include a summary of the responses both from individuals and from representative organisations. Wherever possible, the summary will also include the next steps in policy development and reasons for any decisions taken.

Departmental Publications

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the Deposited Papers placed in the Library by his Department since 2000; and when they were published.

Liam Byrne: The information requested is not held in one central unit and therefore it is impossible to collate without incurring disproportionate costs.

Departmental Staff

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was paid to his Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from what budget he plans to meet the costs of reasonable adjustments for disabled staff following withdrawal of Access to Work funding for central Government Departments; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: The following table shows the last available figures for the Access to Work Scheme.
	Consideration is being given to how reasonable adjustments should be funded once the Access to Work funding is withdrawn for central Government Departments.
	
		
			  £ 
			   2005-06  2004-05 
			 Core Home Office 1903.35 — 
			 Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND)(1) n/a 42,437.18 
			 HM Prison Service(2) n/a n/a 
			 n/a = Not available. (1) Figures are no longer available for IND as the purchase of such equipment has been devolved to individual units and no central record is kept.  (2) Purchase of equipment was devolved to individual prison establishments five years ago; therefore no central record is kept.

Departmental Staff

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  how many of his Department's employees have been  (a) dismissed,  (b) suspended and  (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal activity in each year since 1997;
	(2)  how many staff members in his Department have been  (a) prosecuted and  (b) convicted following fraud charges since 1997.

Liam Byrne: The information requested is not centrally held and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.

Domestic Violence

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many domestic violence cases have been brought to trial in each of the last five years in each  (a) London borough and  (b) constituency; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: The CPS does not hold a historical record of domestic violence data for each London borough. During the year April 2005 to March 2006, there was a total of 4,841 prosecutions for domestic violence in the jurisdiction of the London courts. Of these, 2,503 (51.7 per cent.) were convicted, 1,882 (38.9 per cent.) were not proceeded with and 456 (9.4 per cent.) were acquitted.
	Nationally, during the year April 2005 to March 2006, there was a total of 49,782 prosecutions for domestic violence. Of these, 29,719 (59.7 per cent.) were convicted, 17,311 (34.8 per cent.) were not proceeded with and 2,752 (5.5 per cent.) were acquitted.
	During the year April 2004 to March 2005, there was a total of 2,807 prosecutions for domestic violence in the jurisdiction of the London courts. Of these, 1,365 (48.6 per cent.) were convicted, 1,187 (42.3 per cent.) were not proceeded with, and 255 (9.1 per cent.) were acquitted.
	Nationally, during the year April 2004 to March 2005, there was a total of 34,839 prosecutions for domestic violence. Of these, 19,156 (55 per cent.) were convicted, 13,599 (39 per cent.) were not proceeded with and 2,084 (6 per cent.) were acquitted.
	Comparable figures are not held for years prior to 2004-05.

Extradition

Nicholas Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 19 July 2006,  Official Report, column 544W, on extradition, if he will break the figures down by the alleged offence.

John Reid: Details are given in the following tables, which has been updated to 24 August 2006 in order to reflect developments since the original answer. It should be noted that:
	(a) an extradition request is not included in this table unless the individual has been arrested for extradition and is in custody, or on bail, or has been surrendered
	(b) an individual may be arrested in a different year from that in which the request is made;
	(c) the offences quoted are brief descriptions and not detailed charges e.g. "fraud" also covers "conspiracy to defraud";
	(d) an individual may be wanted for more than one crime—the principal offences only are shown in the table; and
	(e) more than one request may have been received for an individual, so that a surrender may be pursuant to more than one request.
	
		
			  US requests to England and Wales 2001 to 2005 
			  2001  Number 
			  Surrenders  
			 Child abduction 2 
			 Child enticement 1 
			 Drugs 3 
			 Fraud 1 
			 Money laundering 1 
			 Murder 2 
			 Theft 1 
			 Wire fraud 1 
			   
			  Closed without surrender  
			 False statements to Government agency 1 
			 Fraud 1 
			 Murder 1 
			 Terrorist-related 1 
			   
			  Outstanding from the year — 
		
	
	
		
			  2002 
			   Number 
			  Surrenders  
			 Bank robbery 1 
			 Fraud 1 
			 Sex assault on children 1 
			   
			  Closed without surrender  
			 Drugs 1 
			 Terrorist-related 1 
			 Fraud 1 
			 Theft 2 
			   
			  Outstanding from the year  
			 Drugs 1 
		
	
	
		
			  2003( 1) 
			   Number 
			  Surrenders  
			 Child abduction 1 
			 Drugs 2 
			 Theft/bribery 1 
			 Fraud 2 
			   
			  Closed without surrender  
			 Fraud 2 
			 GBH 1 
			 Rape 1 
			   
			  Outstanding from the year  
			 Murder 2 
			 Rape 1 
			 Theft 1 
			 (1) One figure for 2003 has been moved from the "Closed without surrender" column to the "Surrender" column because the individual was the subject of requests in both 2003 and 2004, and it has been confirmed that he was extradited pursuant to both of them. 
		
	
	
		
			  2004 
			   Number 
			  Surrenders  
			 Child pornography 1 
			 Drugs 6 
			 Fraud 5 
			 Forgery 1 
			 GBH on minor with intent 1 
			 Indecent assault 1 
			 Mail fraud 1 
			 Rape 1 
			 Sex assault on minor 1 
			 Wire Fraud 2 
			   
			  Closed without surrender  
			 Drugs 1 
			 Fraud 1 
			   
			  Outstanding from the year  
			 Computer fraud 1 
			 Drugs 1 
			 Fraud 3 
			 Robbery 2 
			 Satellite signal theft 3 
			 Terrorist-related 2 
		
	
	
		
			  2005 
			   Number 
			  Surrenders  
			 Child pornography 1 
			 Theft 1 
			   
			  Closed without surrender  
			 Fraud 1 
			 Sex offences 1 
			   
			  Outstanding from the year  
			 Drugs 2 
			 Fraud 1 
			 Terrorist-related 1

False Accusations

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list organisations that received funding from his Department to help individuals who claim to have been falsely accused of criminal offences; and how much each organisation received in the last 10 years for which figures are available.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The Criminal Cases Review Commission has received Grant in Aid from the Home Office from its inception in 1996 to date, as shown in the following table. The Commission's role is to review and investigate possible miscarriages of justice and to refer cases to an appropriate appeal court where there is a real possibility that the conviction, finding, verdict or sentence will not be upheld.
	The Citizens Advice Bureau at the Royal Courts of Justice provides free, confidential and independent advice to members of the public who have cases in the Court of Appeal. It has received funding from 2004-05 as follows:
	2004-05: £97,000 grant for a pilot scheme
	2005-06: grant of £108,445
	2006-07: grant of £119,400.
	
		
			  Criminal Cases Review Commission: Grant in Aid 
			   Amount (£) 
			 1997-98 (1)4,303,977 
			 1998-99 4,517,134 
			 1999-2000 5,530,000 
			 2000-01 5,415,000 
			 2001-02 6,525,000 
			 2002-03 7,000,000 
			 2003-04 7,800,000 
			 2004-05 (2)5,750,000 
			 2005-06 6,834,628 
			 (1) This figure includes the last three months of 1996.  (2) The 2004-05 figure was reduced in comparison with the previous years because the CCRC had to use their cash reserves as required by the Treasury under the rules of Government Accounting.

Foreign Criminals

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many civil service staff hours have been expended on duties related to the release of foreign offenders since July 2005.

Liam Byrne: This information is not readily available and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.

Foreign Criminals

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the former foreign national prisoners identified as not having been assessed for deportation and subsequently relocated have been claiming benefits.

Liam Byrne: The immigration and nationality directorate are working with all other relevant agencies to conclude all cases where foreign national prisoners were released without due consideration. The information as requested is not currently available in the format requested and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Foreign Criminals

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the foreign nationals who were not assessed for deportation on release from prison were visited by foreign consular services during their incarceration; and which embassies were involved in each case.

Liam Byrne: This information is not held centrally. During the induction process for new prisoners, it is a requirement that all foreign national prisoners are offered the opportunity to contact their embassy or high commission.

Foreign Criminals

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will instruct chief police officers to publish any available photographs in their respective constabulary areas of foreign nationals considered for deportation but released on completion of their sentences and still at large, to facilitate their arrest; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 12 May 2006
	My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary already explained during his appearance before the Home Affairs Committee on 23 May 2006 that this is an operational matter for the police. Discussions have taken place between officials from the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) on whether making public details of ex-offenders would assist in locating them. It is the considered view of ACPO that a decision should only be taken on a case by case basis as to whether to publicise the details of those individuals who are the subject of ongoing deportation action and still need to be located.

Foreign Criminals

John Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals are  (a) awaiting trial and  (b) helping police with inquiries.

Liam Byrne: The information requested is not available.

Foreign Criminals

Willie Rennie: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what rules govern applications for  (a) leave to remain and  (b) British citizenship by foreign nationals who have served in the British Army.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 4 July 2006
	The rules applying to applications for leave to remain in the UK by foreign nationals discharged from the British Army are set out in paragraphs 276L to 276Q of the Immigration Rules. I would refer the hon. Gentleman to the information contained on the IND website at: http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/lawandpolicy/immigrationrules/part7.
	Foreign nationals who have served in HM Forces and who wish to apply for British citizenship must make a successful application for naturalisation under sections 6(1) or 6(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981. Policy requirements and procedures for handling applications are available for viewing on the IND website at: http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishnationality.

Foreign Criminals

Nicholas Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Lin Homer's letter to the Home Affairs Select Committee, what crimes were committed by the seven serious foreign national offenders who have not been detained; what the nationality was of each; how long each served in prison; and when each was released.

John Reid: It is not the general policy of the Department to disclose specific details into the public domain which may identify individuals included among the 1,013 foreign national prisoners who were released without deportation consideration.

Foreign Criminals

Peter Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals were released from HMP Wellingborough in  (a) March,  (b) April and  (c) May 2006; and how many were considered for deportation.

Gerry Sutcliffe: Comprehensive statistical information on discharges is not centrally available, and providing information based on manually stored records could be achieved only at disproportionate cost.
	The Department does not hold information on how many foreign nationals released from HMP Wellingborough in  (a) March,  (b) April and  (c) May were considered for deportation and could provide this information only at disproportionate cost.

Foreign Criminals

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign prisoners  (a) claimed asylum and  (b) were deported at the end of their prison sentence in each of the last five years.

Liam Byrne: The information requested for the period concerned is not collected centrally and only available at disproportionate cost. In a written ministerial statement of 19 July 2006,  Official Report, column 28WS, I provided an update to the House on the progress the Department is making to ensure that foreign national prisoners face deportation as early as possible within their sentences.

Hadi Nozadi

Anthony Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will conclude consideration of the status of Hadi Nozadi of Lower Sharpham Barton, Ashprington, Totnes, who was refused asylum on 22 November 2001.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 22 June 2006
	The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Enfield, North (Joan Ryan), wrote separately to the hon. Member regarding Hadi Nozadi on 26 June 2006.

Immigration and Nationality Directorate

David Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff there are in each civil service grade in the immigration and nationality directorate who have been recruited since 1 January  (a) 2006 and  (b) 2005; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: The immigration and nationality directorate does not hold this information in the format requested, which could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Immigration and Nationality Directorate

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions have taken place between officials of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate and Jobcentre Plus regarding the allocation of national insurance numbers.

Liam Byrne: Officials at a variety of levels in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate have been in regular contact with their counterparts in Jobcentre Plus about the procedures for allocating national insurance numbers. No central record is kept of the detail of these discussions. However, they have covered a wide variety of legislative, policy and procedural matters relating to the recently announced changes to these procedures. These changes introduced from July 2006 a "right to work" condition for employment related applications for national insurance numbers.

Immigration and Nationality Directorate

Nicholas Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what investigations  (a) his Department and  (b) the police are conducting into allegations that (i) permanent residency visas and (ii) changes in residency status are being bought from immigration officials; and if he will make a statement.

John Reid: The Department takes all allegations of misconduct very seriously. Any such allegation will be thoroughly investigated and any necessary action taken in accordance with departmental procedures.
	To provide details about the investigations that are under way at the moment would risk compromising their successful outcome.

Immigration and Nationality Directorate

Nicholas Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passports have been lost while being held by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate pending an immigration decision in each of the last five years.

John Reid: The only information on passports relates to applications made under managed migration routes for variation of leave, work permits and citizenship. Management information for all of these work streams is only available for the last three years. This indicates that the number lost in 2003-04 was 588, in 2004-05 was 452 and in 2005-06 was 288.

Information Technology

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the value was of each IT contract awarded by his Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case.

Liam Byrne: The following tables outline those details that are centrally held in relation to major IT projects with a value over £10 million. The Home Office runs a number of smaller IT projects but details of these are not held centrally.
	
		
			  Desktop Services 
			  Business  IT Unit  Supplier/contract  Value (£ million)  Year 
			 IND HOITSS Atos Origin/TBC 200 2004 
			 NOMS (Probation Service) NOMS Steria/OMNI 250 2006 
		
	
	
		
			  IT Enabled Change Programmes 
			  Business  Programme  Supplier/contract  Value (£ million)  Year 
			 IND Project Semaphore (part of e-Borders) IBM 31.9 From 2004 to date 
			  Project IRIS (part of e-Borders) Sagem 2.8 2004 
			  Mycroft SERCO/Mycroft 42 From 2004 over five years 
			  Points Based System Atos Origin Sirius FCO Services <4 Still in definition stage and has therefore contracted less than £4 million to date 
			  Warnings Index Fujitsu—WI and WW Tech Refresh 14 May 2005 
			  Warnings Index Fujitsu—WI Support Procurement 14.5 May 2006 
			 NOMS NOMIS EDS/Steria 190 2005 
			  
			 CS EDRM CapGemini/Sirius 16.8 2005-06

Information Technology

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many IT projects have been developed for his Department since 2001; and whether he has agreed to make public Gateway reviews for these projects  (a) in full and  (b) in part.

Liam Byrne: Information on the number of projects is not held centrally and is therefore not available. To provide a complete answer in the time available would therefore incur disproportionate costs.
	A Gateway review is conducted on a confidential basis for the Senior Responsible Officer. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 each request for the release of information contained in a Gateway Review is considered on a case-by-case basis.

Life in the UK Test

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have  (a) taken and  (b) successfully completed the Life in the UK test for adult applicants who want to become British citizens since its inception; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: Information on the number of individuals who have taken the Life in the UK Test is not currently available, as some applicants will have taken the test more than once before passing it. Between the introduction of the Life in the UK Test in November 2005 and 22 July 2006, 82,375 tests were taken. Of these, 56,615 were passed and 25,760 failed, giving an overall pass rate of 68.7 per cent.

Life in the UK Test

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library a copy of the Life in the UK test for adult applicants who want to become British citizens.

Liam Byrne: No. The Life in the UK test is a multiple choice test comprising 24 questions, selected from a bank of around 200 questions, which were carefully scrutinised by the Advisory Board on Naturalisation and Integration. All of the answers to the test questions can be found through study of the handbook "Life in the United Kingdom: A Journey to Citizenship". It would not be appropriate to publish the test questions, as this would enable people to learn them by rote and thus defeat the object of the test.

Ministerial Visits

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the towns in  (a) England and Wales,  (b) Scotland and  (c) the European Union that he has visited in an official capacity in each month since 1997; what the purpose was in each case; what the (i) date, (ii) time, (iii) location and (iv) duration was of each meeting; if he will place in the Library the text of any speech made; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: This information can be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, all ministerial visits are conducted in accordance with the Ministerial Code and Travel by Ministers. The Government publishes on an annual basis lists of overseas travel by Cabinet Ministers costing over £500 which will include visits to the European Union. Lists covering 1997 to 2005 are available in the Libraries of the House. Information for 2005-06 is currently being compiled and will be published when it is available.

Ministerial Visits

Ben Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what visits  (a) in the UK and  (b) overseas Ministers in his Department have made in the last 12 months.

Liam Byrne: This answer can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Ministerial Visits

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions he has visited each region in an official capacity in the last 12 months.

Liam Byrne: The current Home Secretary and his immediate predecessor visited the Government regions of the South West, the South East, the West Midlands, the North East and London over the last 12 months.

National Asylum Support Service

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason the National Asylum Support Services stakeholder briefing pack for target contracts-transition document has been removed from the Department's website.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 11 July 2006
	The stakeholder briefing pack for the target contracts—transition phase has not been removed from the Department's website. However the website link to this briefing pack has recently changed. The new link is: http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/applying/nass/news andinfo/projects/nassaccommodationproject/stake holderengagement

Offender Managers

Vincent Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a date has been set for introducing Going Straight contracts between offenders and offender managers as set out in the five year strategy for protecting the public and reducing re-offending.

Gerry Sutcliffe: Proposals on Going Straight contracts will be developed by the National Offender Management Service, alongside the implementation and delivery of Offender Management. Decisions on their possible content and implementation have yet to be made.

Olympics

Andy Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which officials in his Department  (a) are responsible for Olympics-related activity and  (b) sit on the Inter-Departmental Steering Group for the Olympics.

Liam Byrne: The Director of Specialist Crime is responsible for Olympic-related activity within the Home Office and is a member of the Inter-Departmental Steering Group.

Opinion Polling

Nicholas Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what issues his Department has conducted opinion polling in the last 12 months.

John Reid: The Home Office undertakes a wide range of research activities that support the development of information-led policy, including surveys of public opinion that consider Home Office issues and its related areas of responsibility.
	The Department commissions such work only when it is justified by the specific needs of a particular policy or programme and when this is the most economic, efficient and effective way to achieve the purpose. Consulting and involving the public helps inform both policy formulation and delivery of better quality public services.
	Opinion polls have been conducted in the last 12 months on the following issues:
	Identity Cards
	Late night businesses' attitudes to alcohol related crime and disorder
	Offending behaviour programmes delivered to offenders serving community sentences
	Public concern about organised crime
	Prison Service Staff Issues
	Measuring the Quality of Prison Life
	Evaluation of Intensive Supervision and Monitoring schemes for persistent offenders
	Cognitive Skills Booster Evaluation
	Juvenile cohort feasibility
	Single intervention Randomised Control Trial feasibility
	Satellite tracking
	National Evaluation of Community Safety Officers
	Perceptions of border control among the travelling public
	Northwest Offender Management Pathfinder
	Employment Pathfinder
	Investigating the Targeting, Tailoring and Sequencing of Interventions feasibility study
	Evaluation of neighbourhood policing
	Crime Patterns.

Parliamentary Questions

David Heath: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to question 67922, on release of foreign prisoners, tabled by the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome for named day answer on 3 May.

Liam Byrne: I replied to the hon. Member on 13 July 2006,  Official Report, column 2020W.

Parliamentary Questions

Peter Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to reply to Questions  (a) 68921,  (b) 68923,  (c) 68918,  (d) 68919,  (e) 68920,  (f) 68922 and  (g) 68924, on prisoners, tabled on 3 May by the hon. Member for Wellingborough.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 22 June 2006
	In respect of questions 68920 and 68922 I replied to the hon. Member on 29 June 2006,  Official Report, column 634W.
	With regard to questions 68918, 68919, 68921, 68923 and 68924 my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford, South (Mr. Sutcliffe) replied on 13 July 2006,  Official Report, column 2031W.

Parliamentary Questions

David Heathcoat-Amory: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will answer question 67756, on prisoners released from Shepton Mallet prison, tabled by the right hon. Member for Wells on 27 April 2006.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 3 July 2006
	I refer the right hon. Member to my reply of 29 June 2006,  Official Report, column 646W.

Passports

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department at what stage of the process passport applications are assessed for rejection.

Joan Ryan: The current process for checking passport applications has two main stages: an initial check that the application has been fully completed and all necessary documents have been provided, followed by examination to establish the identity and nationality of the applicant. If a deficiency is found at the first stage, an explanation is given of what is needed to correct the problem. If the application has been made in person at either a post office, any accredited travel agent or a regional passport office, the incomplete or incorrect application is handed back with the explanation and the passport fee is not taken. If the application has been made by post, the form and fee are retained and a letter is sent either asking for missing documents or a fresh application form, depending on the problem.
	The action taken to resolve problems encountered during the examination stage varies. The Identity and Passport Service will not issue a passport until the applicant's identity and nationality have been established.

Police

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hours he expects to spend working on police reorganisation until the end of 2006.

Tony McNulty: The Home Secretary and his Ministerial team have had and will continue to have various meetings and conversations with officials and interested parties to discuss general policing matters and police reform. It is not possible to quantify the amount of time each has spent or will spend discussing the specific issue of police restructuring.

Police

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the total police staff hours, including uniformed staff and support staff, that will be spent on duties related to the release of foreign offenders in  (a) 2006 and  (b) 2007.

Liam Byrne: The level of detail requested is not required under the Annual Data Return that must be submitted to the Department by police forces in England and Wales. We would not wish to impose additional burdens on police forces by asking them to carry out such ad hoc surveys. The police continue to play a key role in working with all other relevant agencies to pursue those cases where foreign national prisoners were released without due consideration.

Police

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received about the performance of police in  (a) Essex and  (b) Southend in each of the last seven years.

Tony McNulty: holding answer 30 January 2006
	The current and previous Home Secretary have received numerous representations regarding police forces in England and Wales. In addition, there have been formal reports published relating to the performance of the police service and of Essex police force specifically. These can be found on the websites for Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) at http://inspectorates.homeoffice.gov.uk/hmic/ and the Home Office at http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/performance-and-measurement/performance-assessment/assessments-2004-2005/
	The next police performance assessments will be published in October.
	The latest HMIC publication regarding Southend was the BCU inspection report (September 2003) and the report of the follow-up visit (December 2004).

Port Security

Si�n James: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 11 July 2006,  Official Report, column 1676W, on port security, for how long each day the port of Swansea has immigration, customs and security services present; and which ports' immigration, customs and security teams provide an out-of-hours service to the port of Swansea.

Liam Byrne: Small ports such as Swansea are staffed in a targeted way based on risk and supported by reliable intelligence. It is believed to be the most effective method of countering the overall threat, and the best use of the finite staff resources.
	This information cannot be disclosed as this would provide information of value to those seeking to circumvent HM Revenue  Customs' controls, thereby prejudicing the prevention and detection of crime.

Prisoners

Humfrey Malins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many British criminals sentenced to custody abroad have been deported to the UK after sentence in each of the last five years.

Liam Byrne: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for South West Devon (Mr. Streeter) on 19 June 2006,  Official Report, column 1670W.

Prisoners

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 7 November 2005,  Official Report, column 57W, on prisoners, if he will confirm that the figures provided for 2004-05 are for the first three quarters of the year; and when the figures for January to March 2005 will be available.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The figures in respect of prisoners released on parole licence were the figures for the whole year as reported by the Parole Board in its annual report 2004-05. The Parole Board has confirmed that it has not been notified of any further charges since the answer was laid.
	The figures in respect of prisoners released on to the home detention curfew scheme were the figures for the year as a whole as notified to the Home Office at the point the question was laid. Data in respect of re-offending on the home detention curfew scheme are changing constantly as new information is received. This is because notifications of further offences, either by the police or other criminal justice agencies, is supplemented by a quarterly interrogation of the police national computer or through notification of acquittals or withdrawal of charges.
	The total number of charges as currently notified to the Home Office in respect of prisoners on the home detention curfew scheme for the whole of the year 2004-05 is 1,313. This figure is likely to be further amended as new information is received.

Prisoners

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people, who were later found not to be guilty of the offences for which they were imprisoned, were imprisoned in England and Wales in each year since 1998.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The information is not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate costs.

Prisons

Henry Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the relative efficiency of the Prison Service and the private sector in delivering penal services; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The relative efficiency of public sector and private sector delivery of penal services has been assessed through market testing. Each of the four prisons which had been managed by the private sector after opening in the early 1990s was market tested before the expiry of their contracts. In the case of two, Blakenhurst and Buckley Hall, the management was won by the Prison Service. The private sector retained the management of the other two, Doncaster and Wolds. In addition the Prison Service managed Manchester in accordance with a service level agreement (SLA) following a market test after it re-opened in 1994. The management was market tested again, in 2000, and the Prison Service won the competition and was awarded a new SLA.
	The individual efficiency of all prisons, including the nine prisons designed, constructed, managed and financed under the private finance initiative, is assessed quarterly through the performance rating system which comprises a raft of performance measures such as cost performance and findings from external inspections.

Prisons

Henry Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what mechanisms are used to determine whether a prison is meeting the obligations contained in its service level agreement.

Liam Byrne: The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) requires Service Providers to deliver high quality services as specified in the Service Level Agreement (SLA), including high performance against an operational requirements specification. Each SLA contains a Performance Measurement System (PMS) that is designed to measure the Service Providers' delivery of the operational requirements in key areas over an agreed period.
	Compliance with the requirements of the SLA includes achieving all Service Delivery Targets and providing NOMS with quality assurance systems, principally through a comprehensive self-audit programme supplemented with a range of policy documents and procedural guidance to staff, together with a meetings structure that ensures that performance, standards and contractual compliance are achieved.

Private Finance Initiative

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department by what total amount private finance initiative projects for which his Department is responsible that went over budget did so in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: I am advised that none of the private finance initiative projects for which the Home Department is responsible went over budget in the last five years.

Public Bodies (Reorganisation)

Cheryl Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he plans to take to ensure that the consultation on non-departmental public bodies includes Welsh organisations.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 25 July 2006
	In the Home Office Action Plan, From Improvement to Transformation, we announced an in-depth review of the Home Office's non-departmental public bodies. We have already written to the bodies concerned and we aim to consult as widely as possible when we begin to develop our proposals.

Public Information

Roger Gale: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on his Department's public relations and information services in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Liam Byrne: Information services are defined as websites and phone lines set up for campaigns. The following table shows expenditure on phone lines established for campaigns.
	
		
			  Phone line information service expenditure by year 
			   
			   Police recruitment  Car security  Year of the volunteer 
			 2001-02 241,273   
			 2002-03 258,962 23,095  
			 2003-04 348,236   
			 2004-05 179,648  12,707 
			 2005-06 92,818   
		
	
	To obtain the information regarding websites would incur disproportionate costs.
	Public relations are handled by the Department's press officecosts for the last five years are in the following table.
	
		
			   
			  Financial year  Total 
			 2000-01 (1)2,446,227 
			 2001-02 (2)2,078,723 
			 2002-03 3,009,489 
			 2003-04 2,959,966 
			 2004-05 2,777,578 
			 2005-06 3,113,249 
			 (1) 2000-01. Expansion of the Home Office press office followed an external consultant's review of its staffing and operation in 1999 and recommended the creation of the Newsdesk to better meet the demands of the 24-hour media. This improved efficiency from 'losing' in excess of 20 per cent. of the calls pre-expansion, to a positive where from June 2003 to June 2004, 91.8 per cent. of 61,070 calls received by the Newsdesk were answered.  (2 )2001-02. The Home Office press office and the Prison Service press office merged in May 2001.

Questionnaires

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many  (a) questionnaires,  (b) statistical inquiries and  (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public expense on behalf of or by his Department or public bodies for which he is responsible in each year since 1997; and what the (i) nature, (ii) purpose and (iii) cost was in each case.

Liam Byrne: The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Russian Orchestras

Nick Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the cost of visas and work permits for visiting orchestras from Russia; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: Proposals for recovering, through fees and charges, the costs of the new Points Based System are at an early stage of development. Alongside developing these, we have continued to engage with key stakeholders, including representatives from the Arts and Entertainment sector and are aware of the issues surrounding touring groups such as visiting orchestras. We will be undertaking a public consultation on fees and charges in the autumn.

Science Applications International Corporation

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total value was of contracts entered into by his Department with Science Applications International Corporation in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: From available records, the total value of contracts entered into by the Home Department with Science Applications International Corporation in each year since 1997 is as follows:
	
		
			   Total value of contracts () 
			 1997 500,000 
			 1998 0 
			 1999 0 
			 2000 0 
			 2001 4,000 
			 2002 (1)7,022,000 
			 2003 0 
			 2004 2,350 
			 2005 0 
			 (1) Value includes a contract initially entered with another company that was subsequently acquired by SAIC.

Security Industry

David Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what checks are in place to ensure that persons applying for a security licence from the Security Industry Authority are not asylum seekers.

Liam Byrne: Employers have clear legal responsibilities under the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 which makes it a criminal offence to employ a person who is subject to immigration control unless that person has permission to work in the UK. The possession of a Security Industry Authority licence does not give a person a right to work in the UK, and employers are still expected to assure themselves that their employees have the necessary permission.

Security Service Personnel

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment the Government have made of the incidence of security service personnel  (a) infiltrating terrorist groups and  (b) colluding in paramilitary killings; and if he will make a statement.

Tony McNulty: The longstanding practice of successive governments is not to comment on the work of the security and intelligence agencies. The agencies operate within the law. Any person may complain to the Independent Investigatory Powers Tribunal if he or she is aggrieved by anything they believe has been done to them or their property by the agencies. The tribunal has full powers to investigate and order such remedial measures as it sees fit.

Select Committee Recommendations

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what actions have been taken by his Department to implement Home Affairs Select Committee recommendations since the 2001-02 Session; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: The Home Office regularly reports its progress on accepted recommendations to the Home Affairs Committee.
	The latest report, Memorandum from the Home Office: progress in implementing accepted Committee recommendations 2001-05, was published by the Home Affairs Committee on 26 May 2006. A copy is available in the House Library and on the Home Affairs website at:
	http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmselect/cmhaff/1007/100702.htm

Somalia

Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what support his Department has provided for Somali community groups in each of the past five years; what support is planned for 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: The grants presented in the following table have been provided by the Home Office, through the Immigration and Nationality Directorate or its former Communities Group (now part of the Department for Communities and Local Government) to Somali community organisations over the past five years, or will be provided in 2006-07:
	
		
			  Date  Grant 
			 2000-01 A total of 31,826 to two organisations under the European Refugee Fund (ERF) Scheme (the scheme is administered by the Home Office, and funding is provided by the European Commission) 
			 2002 A total of 41,869 to two organisations under the ERF Scheme 
			  A total of 22,500 to six Somali groups: grants were paid from the Home Office Refugee Community Development Fund 
			 2003 A total of 35,752 to two Somali organisations: grants were paid from the Home Office Refugee Integration Challenge Fund. 
			  A total of 69,164 to 15 Somali groups, from the Refugee Community Development Fund 
			  A total of 7,520 to two Somali groups: grants were paid from the Home Office Purposeful Activities for Asylum Seekers Fund (the Fund supports constructive activities by asylum seekers while they await decisions on their asylum applications) 
			 2004 50,000 to one Somali organisation, from the Refugee Integration Challenge Fund 
			  A total of 16,013 to four Somali groups, from the Refugee Community Development Fund 
			 2005-06 30,150 to one Somali organisation, from the Refugee Integration Challenge Fund 
			  A total of 38,416 to eight Somali groups, from the Refugee Community Development Fund 
			  30,000 to one Somali organisation: the grant was paid by the Home Office Communities Group 
			  A total of 7,500 to two Somali organisations: the grants were paid from the Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund, a government fund overseen by the Home Office Communities Group 
			 2006-07 A total of 132,074 is to be provided to four Somali organisations from the Refugee Integration Challenge Fund, and a total of 26,000 to two Somali groups from the Purposeful Activities for Asylum Seekers Fund.

Special Advisers

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many overseas visits special advisers in his Department made in an official capacity since 31 March 2004; what places were visited; and how much each visit cost.

Tony McNulty: Since 1999 the Government have published, on an annual basis, the total costs of all ministerial overseas travel and a list of all visits by Cabinet Ministers costing in excess of 500. Copies of the lists are available in the Library of the House. Information for the financial year 2004-05 was published on 21 July 2005,  Official Report, column 158WS, and for the financial year 2005-06 on 24 July 2006,  Official Report, column 86WS. Since 31 March 2004 to 31 January 2006, special advisers accompanied Ministers on the visits that they made to Italy (October 2004), France (November), Germany (June 2005), Switzerland (July), France (September), USA (October), Luxembourg (October), Belgium (November and December), France (December), Austria (January 2006), and Jordan-Egypt-Libya (February). The travel costs of special advisers accompanying Ministers on overseas visits are included in the annual list of overseas travel by Cabinet Ministers. All travel by special advisers is undertaken in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Ministerial Code and the Civil Service Management Code.

Tasker Inquiry

Henry Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the issues raised by the Tasker Inquiry.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The Tasker Inquiry has not yet been completed. It is expected that a report will be received by the London area manager by the end of September.

Traffic Notices

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many traffic offences have been lost under the six-month rule in each of the last eight years; and what estimate he has made of the resulting loss of revenue from fines.

Gerry Sutcliffe: This information is not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate costs.

Unaccompanied Children

Anthony Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many unaccompanied children have entered the UK in each of the last three years; how many of them have  (a) been returned immediately to their country of origin,  (b) been granted indefinite leave to remain and  (c) entered the UK and subsequently been returned to their country of origin as the result of a failed asylum claim; and what proportion  (c) were (i) under 18 years and (ii) over 18 years at the time of their deportation.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 5 July 2006
	Information relating to the number of unaccompanied children who have entered the UK and subsequently been returned to their country of origin as a result of a failed asylum claim is unavailable and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
	Information on asylum applications and initial decisions for unaccompanied children is published quarterly and annually. Copies are available from the Library of the House and on the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website at http://homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html.

US-UK Extradition Treaty

Nicholas Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many representations he has received on the US-UK Extradition Treaty in 2006.

John Reid: This information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Video Conferencing

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many video conferencing units are installed in  (a) the Department and  (b) each agency of the Department; what percentage of offices have these facilities in each case; and what plans there are to increase the number.

Liam Byrne: Details are given in the following table.
	It should also be noted that individual business units within Home Office Corporate Services may have purchased video-conferencing facilities out of their own budgets and there is no centrally held record of these.
	
		
			  Business area  Number of VC Units  Percentage of office coverage  Plans to increase  
			 Corporate Services 8 25 None 
			 IPS 9 100 None 
			 CRB 2 50 None 
			 IND 28 15 Financial provision and plans for seven additional units during 2006-07 
			  NOMS
			 Prisons 54 39 Consideration is being given to expanding VC capacity across the NOMS estate. There are no firm figures and the final decision will be based on evidence of it offering financial savings and opportunity for improved performance 
			 Probation 22 (1)52  
			 (1 )This percentage relates to coverage of Probation areas, not offices. Each Probation area has many offices.

Visas

Ben Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether there have been any recent allegations made to his Department of visas being sold by UK officials at home or overseas; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: The Department takes all allegations of misconduct very seriously. Any such allegation will be thoroughly investigated and any necessary action taken in accordance with departmental procedures.
	To provide details about the investigations that are under way at the moment would risk compromising their outcome.

Youth Cluster

Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for funding Youth Cluster  (a) has applied for and  (b) has been granted in each of the last five years; to what funding programmes the organisation applied; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: holding answer 24 July 2006
	As far as I am aware, the Home Office has received two applications for funding from Youth Cluster in the last five years.
	One application was granted in July 2004 under Positive Futures. One application was not granted under Connecting Communities Plus.

Youth Crime (Peterborough)

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to tackle youth crime in Peterborough; and if he will make a statement.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The Youth Justice Board awarded a grant of 248,000 to Peterborough Youth Offending Team (YOT) for services to prevent youth crime and anti-social behaviour between 2005 and 2008. The grant is to fund an activity-based Youth Inclusion Programme (YIP) and develop the role of a Youth Offending Service co-ordinator. The YOT is also planning to part-fund a multi agency Youth Inclusion Support Panel (YISP), to provide support for young people at risk, providing it can attract additional partnership funding. The YOT also receives 755,700 per annum to provide a range of services for young offenders during and after their custodial sentence, including the Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme (ISSP), and Resettlement and Aftercare Provision (RAP) for young offenders with substance misuse problems. The YOT uses a multi-agency response to increase the resources and expertise available.

HEALTH

General Practitioners

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of GP practices in  (a) England and  (b) each region were single-handed in each of the last five years.

Caroline Flint: The latest available information up to September 2005 is given in the following table. The data relate to strategic health authority areas in existence prior to 1 July 2006.
	
		
			  GP practices and single handed contracted and salaried GPs( 1)  by strategic health authority, at 30 September 2001-05 
			  numbers (headcount) 
			2001  2002 
			 of which:   of which: 
			GP practices  Single handed  Percentage single handed  GP practices  Single handed  Percentage single handed 
			  England 8,910 2,626 29.5 8,833 2,566 29.1 
			  North East 408 86 21.1 407 83 20.4 
			 Q10 County Durham and Tees Valley 168 35 20.8 169 37 21.9 
			 Q09 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 240 51 21 3 238 46 19.3 
			  North West 1,398 470 33.6 1,377 460 33.4 
			 Q15 Cheshire and Merseyside 448 134 29.9 445 132 29.7 
			 Q13 Cumbria and Lancashire 378 125 33.1 370 119 32.2 
			 Q14 Greater Manchester 572 211 36.9 562 209 37.2 
			  Yorkshire and the Humber 878 243 27.7 875 243 27.8 
			 Q11 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 265 70 26.4 266 74 27.8 
			 Q23 South Yorkshire 229 59 25.8 226 62 27.4 
			 Q12 West Yorkshire 384 114 29.7 383 107 27.9 
			  East Midlands 653 145 22.2 648 143 22.1 
			 Q25 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 226 53 23.5 223 48 21.5 
			 Q24 Trent 427 92 21.5 425 95 22.4 
			  West Midlands 1,050 386 36.8 1,036 385 37.2 
			 Q27 Birmingham and the Black Country 536 236 44.0 530 238 44.9 
			 Q26 Shropshire and Staffordshire 272 105 38.6 267 100 37.5 
			 Q28 West Midlands South 242 45 18.6 239 47 19.7 
			  East of England 819 194 23.7 806 182 22.6 
			 Q02 Bedford and Hertfordshire 231 54 23.4 230 52 22.6 
			 Q03 Essex 279 96 34.4 275 93 33.8 
			 Q01 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 309 44 142 301 37 123 
			  London 1,713 739 43.1 1,696 722 42.6 
			 Q05 North Central London 309 140 45.3 313 145 46.3 
			 Q06 North East London 384 196 51.0 381 194 50.9 
			 Q04 North West London 463 210 44.5 457 200 43.8 
			 Q07 South East London 307 117 38.1 300 112 37.3 
			 Q08 South West London 244 76 31.1 245 71 29.0 
			  South East 1,224 266 21.7 1,224 256 20.9 
			 Q18 Kent and Medway 308 118 38.3 302 113 37.4 
			 Q19 Surrey and Sussex 380 82 21.6 379 72 19.0 
			 Q16 Thames Valley 297 40 13.5 302 46 15.2 
			 Q17 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 239 26 10.9 241 25 10.4 
			  South West 767 97 12.6 764 92 12.0 
			 Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 328 46 14.0 326 41 12.6 
			 Q22 Somerset and Dorset 185 22 11.9 185 22 11.9 
			 Q21 South West Peninsula 254 29 11.4 253 29 11.5 
		
	
	
		
			  numbers (headcount) 
			2003  2004 
			 of which:   of which: 
			GP practices  Single handed  Percentage single handed  GP practices  Single handed  Percentage single handed 
			  England 8,833 2,578 29.2 8,542 2,285 26.8 
			  North East 409 91 22.2 406 91 22.4 
			 Q10 County Durham and Tees Valley 168 37 22.0 169 35 20.7 
			 Q09 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 241 54 22.4 237 56 23.6 
			  North West 1,361 442 32.5 1,327 424 32.0 
			 Q15 Cheshire and Merseyside 442 127 28.7 426 115 27.0 
			 Q13 Cumbria and Lancashire 362 116 32.0 356 113 31.7 
			 Q14 Greater Manchester 557 199 35.7 545 196 36.0 
			  Yorkshire and the Humber 865 227 26.2 836 196 23.4 
			 Q11 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 262 66 25.2 253 56 22.1 
			 Q23 South Yorkshire 222 58 26.1 219 55 25.1 
			 Q12 West Yorkshire 381 103 27.0 364 85 23.4 
			  East Midlands 645 138 21.4 635 124 19.5 
			 Q25 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 226 54 23.9 223 55 24.7 
			 Q24 Trent 419 84 20.0 412 69 16.7 
			  West Midlands 1,028 384 37.4 996 352 35.3 
			 Q27 Birmingham and the Black Country 521 233 44.7 507 225 44.4 
			 Q26 Shropshire and Staffordshire 270 104 38.5 255 84 32.9 
			 Q28 West Midlands South 237 47 19.8 234 43 18.4 
			  East of England 810 194 24.0 804 189 23.5 
			 Q02 Bedford and Hertfordshire 232 54 23.3 231 52 22.5 
			 Q03 Essex 275 102 37.1 273 106 38.8 
			 Q01 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 303 38 125 300 31 103 
			  London 1,752 768 43.8 1,607 606 37.7 
			 Q05 North Central London 320 159 49.7 291 127 43.6 
			 Q06 North East London 376 183 48.7 349 149 42.7 
			 Q04 North West London 472 214 45.3 441 179 40.6 
			 Q07 South East London 332 143 43.1 294 100 34.0 
			 Q08 South West London 252 69 27.4 232 51 22.0 
			  South East 1,209 254 21.0 1,180 225 19.1 
			 Q18 Kent and Medway 296 106 35.8 290 107 36.9 
			 Q19 Surrey and Sussex 379 76 20.1 367 64 17.4 
			 Q16 Thames Valley 299 44 14.7 291 33 11.3 
			 Q17 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 235 28 11.9 232 21 9.1 
			  South West 754 80 10.6 751 78 10.4 
			 Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 326 36 11.0 323 37 11.5 
			 Q22 Somerset and Dorset 176 15 8.5 176 13 7.4 
			 Q21 South West Peninsula 252 29 11.5 252 28 11.1 
		
	
	
		
			  number (headcount) 
			2005 
			 of which: 
			GP practices  Single Handed  Percentage single handed 
			  England 8,451 2,176 25.7 
			  North East 404 85 21.0 
			 Q10 County Durham and Tees Valley 170 33 19.4 
			 Q09 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 234 52 22.2 
			  North West 1,303 410 31.5 
			 Q15 Cheshire and Merseyside 425 115 27.1 
			 Q13 Cumbria and Lancashire 348 113 32.5 
			 Q14 Greater Manchester 530 182 34.3 
			  Yorkshire and the Humber 826 183 22.2 
			 Q11 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 253 55 21.7 
			 Q23 South Yorkshire 218 54 24.8 
			 Q12 West Yorkshire 355 74 20.8 
			  East Midlands 630 117 18.6 
			 Q25 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 223 53 23.8 
			 Q24 Trent 407 64 15.7 
			  West Midlands 989 347 35.1 
			 Q27 Birmingham and the Black Country 500 219 43.8 
			 Q26 Shropshire and Staffordshire 257 87 33.9 
			 Q28 West Midlands South 232 41 17.7 
			  East of England 802 167 20.8 
			 Q02 Bedford and Hertfordshire 227 48 21.1 
			 Q03 Essex 277 95 34.3 
			 Q01 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 298 24 8.1 
			  London 1,591 574 36.1 
			 Q05 North Central London 287 120 41.8 
			 Q06 North East London 345 148 42.9 
			 Q04 North West London 436 175 40.1 
			 Q07 South East London 292 32 28.1 
			 Q08 South West London 231 49 21.2 
			  South East 1,160 220 19.0 
			 Q18 Kent and Medway 286 106 37.1 
			 Q19 Surrey and Sussex 363 61 16.8 
			 Q16 Thames Valley 280 27 9.6 
			 Q17 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 231 26 11.3 
			  South West 746 73 9.8 
			 Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 319 32 10.0 
			 Q22 Somerset and Dorset 176 14 8.0 
			 Q21 South West Peninsula 251 27 10.8 
			 (1) A single handed contracted and salaried GP is one who has no partners, although they may have a GMS/PMS other, GP registrar or GP retainer.  Note: Data are estimated based on 2006 organisational structure.  Source: The information centre for health and social care general and personal medical services statistics.

NHS Finance

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cumulative break-even position was in 2005 for each NHS organisation in London as reported in the final accounts of national health service trusts.

Andy Burnham: pursuant to the reply, 25 July 2006, Official Report, c. 1231-32W
	I regret my previous reply was incorrect. The final total should read (90,331) not (610,539) as given in my answer.
	The revised table showing financial position of all NHS organisations in London is as follows. The data given are the break-even cumulative position of NHS trusts.
	
		
			  2004-05 NHS trust break-even cumulative position 
			   000 
			 Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust 20 
			 Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust (19,564) 
			 Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (757) 
			 Barts and The London NHS Trust (1,054) 
			 Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust 28,754 
			 Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust 2,447 
			 Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust 5,392 
			 Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust (164) 
			 Ealing Hospital NHS Trust (375) 
			 East London and The City Mental Health NHS Trust 235 
			 Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (1,736) 
			 Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust 1,771 
			 Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust (18,384) 
			 King's College Hospital NHS Trust (3,766) 
			 London Ambulance Service NHS Trust 75 
			 Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust (65) 
			 Newham University Hospital NHS Trust 282 
			 North East London Mental Health NHS Trust 333 
			 North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (5,360) 
			 North West London Hospitals NHS Trust (13,546) 
			 Oxleas NHS Trust 1,243 
			 Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust (8,942) 
			 Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust (6,512) 
			 Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust (3,165) 
			 Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (3,769) 
			 South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (339) 
			 South West London and St. George's Mental Health NHS Trust 401 
			 St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust (23,596) 
			 St. Mary's NHS Trust (4,570) 
			 Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust 54 
			 The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust (1,295) 
			 The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust (6,646) 
			 The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust (1,500) 
			 West London Mental Health NHS Trust (1,353) 
			 West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (4,943) 
			 Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust 63 
			  (90,331) 
			  Note:  2004-05 data do not include information relating to NHS foundation trusts.   Source:  Audited NHS Trust summarisation schedules 2004-05.

NICE

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which drugs were not approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence which were assessed to have a cost per quality-adjusted-life-year of between 30,000 and 35,000 in each year since 2000; and if she will make a statement.

Andy Burnham: holding answer 24 July 2006
	An analysis has been undertaken of drugs not approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), taking into account appraisals published between 1 January 2000 and 27 July 2006. Of the drugs appraised but not approved by NICE, none fell exactly into the cost quality-adjusted-life-year (QALY) range of between 30,000 and 35,000, although NICE's appraisal of Anakinra for rheumatoid arthritis (published in November 2003) identified a wide potential cost per QALY range of between 20,000 and 952,000. Further information on this appraisal can be found on NICE's website at www.nice.org.uk

Small Change Big Difference

Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 31 May 2006,  Official Report, column 31W, on Small Change Big Difference; how much the campaign has cost; and how much money has been allocated for the entirety of the campaign.

Caroline Flint: The Department has spent under 1,000 on the launch of the initiative. Small Change Big Difference is the working title for our social marketing strategy for Englanda key Choosing Health commitment. The Department is currently developing the strategy over the next five years so the entire cost has yet to be determined.